Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.1x more boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
20.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1347 vs 67
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 200

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2017 vs 1 March 2005
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 200

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1347

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

200

Name	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1347	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	200
Geekbench - OpenCL	6440
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	246.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	42.981
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	720

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	R400
Code name	Kaby Lake GT3e	M26
Launch date	3 January 2017	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	1159	882
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	350 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	48	8
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	120 million
Texture fill rate		2.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	350 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	128
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		600 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
PCIe